David shive



@jatten tate @nicht @titre @AVID SHN/IE, 0F PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVAIIIA. Letters Patent No', 64,717, dated-lling 14, 1867; (mtedatecl ay 9, 1867.

IMPROVEMENT IN SWEAT-LEATHERS- EUR HATS.

TO ALL WIIOM I'l MAY CONCERN:

Be it known that I, DAVID SIIIVE, ofthe city of Philadelphia, in the vState of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Hats; and I'do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and enact description of the construction and operation of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings,

making a part of this specification, in whicl1 Figure 1 is'a plane view of the under side of a hat having my improvement applied thereto.. Figure 2, a vertical transverse section of Iig. 1, showing a front view ofthe improvement applied and Figure 3, a vertical longitudinal section of lig. 2- Like letters of reference indicating the same parts when in the different figures. The sweat-leather of a mans hat is generally secured around the inside edge of the rim by means of stitches passing through the upper edge of the leather, and consequently in Warm weather the outside band of the hat soon becomes soiled by the sweaty luid from the forehead of the wearer passing through the said 'stitch-holes and the body of the hat; and to prevent this objectionable result is the object of my invention. It consists, substantially as hereinafter described, in the application -of a'supplementary,sweat-leather, having a {lapped edge made so that it will extend about halt` an inch, more or less, over on the rim of the hat, and retain its proper position without vthe stitching and consequent perforations heretofore required in the sweat-leather.

In the drawings, A is the body of a hat,ft1 its rim, a2 its usual sweat-leather, and B the supplementary sweat-leather. The supplementary sweat-leather B has a flap, bl, and 'is applied to the front portion of a hat which has the usual sweat-leather a previously stitched fast around within the rim al, as heretofore. Itis secured to the said leather a2 by cementing a portion of its inner side b2 fast to the leather a2, and with its lapped edge b1 extending over upon and fitting loosely but closely down upon the rim al of the hat; the flat b1 being formed or laid by pressing the edge of the leather down upon the ritual, so as to cause it to lie closely and evenly, substantially as shown. It will be seen that as the lla-p b1 is simply a continuation of the piece of leather B, extending over and covering the stitched edge of the usual sweat-'leather cf, and over about the width of' halll au inch of the rim al, without any perforations whatever, the sweaty fluid from the forehead of the wearer will be prevented from passing through the body of the hat, thus protecting the usual outside band from being soiled thereby. i

I do not intend to limit the supplementary sweat-leather B to the front or forehead portion of the hat, but to extend it entirely around in the same manner, should it be found desirable.

Having thus fully described my improvement, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,is-i

The application to a hat of the supplementary sweat-leather B, constructed and operating substantially as and for the purpose described. Y

DAVID SIIIVE.

Witnesses:

BENJ. Monrsolv, Jas. Wrusnonn, Jr. 

